Nat Hansen
@nathansen.bsky.social
Philosopher at the University of Reading (UK) working on new wave ordinary language philosophy, experimental semantics and pragmatics, and some aesthetics.
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This looks like a fascinating study both of what gentrification is and also of the stakes of expanding the meaning of political terms!
A provocative account of what is gained & what is lost when a word that once narrowly referred to neighborhood change takes on a life all its own.
@jbrownsaracino.bsky.social's The Death and Life of Gentrification is now available (10 March UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
@jbrownsaracino.bsky.social's The Death and Life of Gentrification is now available (10 March UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
January 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
This looks like a fascinating study both of what gentrification is and also of the stakes of expanding the meaning of political terms!
This is a fantastic paper!
Elmar Unnsteinsson (@eunnsteins.bsky.social) and I have a new paper forthcoming in Noûs.
"Genre and Conversation"
We show how to generalize the classic pragmatic theories to conversational genres that aren't factual, cooperative, committal information exchanges.
philpapers.org/rec/ELMGAC-2
"Genre and Conversation"
We show how to generalize the classic pragmatic theories to conversational genres that aren't factual, cooperative, committal information exchanges.
philpapers.org/rec/ELMGAC-2
Unnsteinsson Elmar & Harris Daniel W., Genre and Conversation - PhilPapers
Conversations can belong to different types, or genres. We consider four dimensions of variation as case studies: Some conversations are about sharing information, others about making decisions; some ...
philpapers.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This is a fantastic paper!
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To celebrate the launch of the xphi-journal and kick-off our talk series, we are happy to invite everyone to this talk by Edouard Machery.
ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/6780355881...
ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/6780355881...
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
To celebrate the launch of the xphi-journal and kick-off our talk series, we are happy to invite everyone to this talk by Edouard Machery.
ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/6780355881...
ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/6780355881...
Reposting this convo with @xphilosopher.bsky.social about some evidence from conversations with participants that fits with the "truthfulness" finding in the recent Zyglewicz, Reuter, and Mandelbaum paper:
When we asked people to explain their TVJs about Travis color scenarios, a fair number of people said things that suggest they are thinking about truthfulness. E.g.: some people say that the subject of the scenario doesn't know that his walls are made of white plaster, when that is not specified.
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Reposting this convo with @xphilosopher.bsky.social about some evidence from conversations with participants that fits with the "truthfulness" finding in the recent Zyglewicz, Reuter, and Mandelbaum paper:
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Beautiful experimental philosophy paper on what people ordinarily mean when they say that a statement is “true”
Turns out it’s not always about corresponding correctly to the facts. Sometimes it’s more closely related to a moral ideal of “truthfulness”
philarchive.org/archive/ZYGTJN
Turns out it’s not always about corresponding correctly to the facts. Sometimes it’s more closely related to a moral ideal of “truthfulness”
philarchive.org/archive/ZYGTJN
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Beautiful experimental philosophy paper on what people ordinarily mean when they say that a statement is “true”
Turns out it’s not always about corresponding correctly to the facts. Sometimes it’s more closely related to a moral ideal of “truthfulness”
philarchive.org/archive/ZYGTJN
Turns out it’s not always about corresponding correctly to the facts. Sometimes it’s more closely related to a moral ideal of “truthfulness”
philarchive.org/archive/ZYGTJN
Hey @liao.shen-yi.org here's another new journal for your diamond open access file
Depending on how you count, this announcement has been two plus or 25 years in the making.
December 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hey @liao.shen-yi.org here's another new journal for your diamond open access file
It's a pleasure to argue aesthetics with @nickriggle.bsky.social!
Another life goal achieved: getting the word “party-pooping” published in a 150-year-old philosophy journal. "Can't Kill the Vibe: Against Hope in Aesthetic Discourse" is now published online. doi.org/10.1093/mind...
Can't Kill the Vibe: Against Hope in Aesthetic Discourse
Abstract. In a recent paper, Nat Hansen and Zed Adams argue for an aesthetic discourse-governing principle they call Hope of Convergence. Inspired by the w
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December 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's a pleasure to argue aesthetics with @nickriggle.bsky.social!
Even with pretty extensive interventions (nearly hour long scripted conversations with participants where they were asked to explain their responses and consider disagreement) we also found it hard to find any effect: academic.oup.com/book/57562/c...
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Even with pretty extensive interventions (nearly hour long scripted conversations with participants where they were asked to explain their responses and consider disagreement) we also found it hard to find any effect: academic.oup.com/book/57562/c...
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For people who like spicy
I'm interested in different methodologies in the humanities, so I wrote a review of Jonathan Kramnick's *Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies* for the British Journal of Aesthetics, which is now in an issue:
philpapers.org/archive/HANC...
philpapers.org/archive/HANC...
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
For people who like spicy
I'm interested in different methodologies in the humanities, so I wrote a review of Jonathan Kramnick's *Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies* for the British Journal of Aesthetics, which is now in an issue:
philpapers.org/archive/HANC...
philpapers.org/archive/HANC...
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm interested in different methodologies in the humanities, so I wrote a review of Jonathan Kramnick's *Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies* for the British Journal of Aesthetics, which is now in an issue:
philpapers.org/archive/HANC...
philpapers.org/archive/HANC...
I agree! And sometimes you have more freedom to write a proper essay as a book review than in a peer-reviewed article.
may I recommend writing a book review? it's fast, it's useful, it's a good thing to do. if it's an academic review, just look up the book review editor for a journal where you'd like to publish and pitch a review of a book that came out in the last few years or is forthcoming
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I agree! And sometimes you have more freedom to write a proper essay as a book review than in a peer-reviewed article.
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Please share!
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Please share!
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I think the best feature of Bluesky is the option of non-black-box algorithmic feeds. I haven't built a useful one but others have. So I want to share three that I use the most.
First, Philosophy Papers by @catsaintcroix.bsky.social . Does it what it says.
bsky.app/profile/cats...
First, Philosophy Papers by @catsaintcroix.bsky.social . Does it what it says.
bsky.app/profile/cats...
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I think the best feature of Bluesky is the option of non-black-box algorithmic feeds. I haven't built a useful one but others have. So I want to share three that I use the most.
First, Philosophy Papers by @catsaintcroix.bsky.social . Does it what it says.
bsky.app/profile/cats...
First, Philosophy Papers by @catsaintcroix.bsky.social . Does it what it says.
bsky.app/profile/cats...
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Experimental philosophers: what do we do with this?
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Experimental philosophers: what do we do with this?
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The new journal EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY will soon be accepting submissions!
The journal's homepage is now live: journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/xphi
We will soon also be found under xphi.eu.
Accepting submissions in about 2 weeks.
We will soon also be found under xphi.eu.
Accepting submissions in about 2 weeks.
Experimental Philosophy
journals.ub.uni-koeln.de
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The new journal EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY will soon be accepting submissions!
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Call for papers: Experimental argument analysis: Interdisciplinary perspectives on verbal reasoning. Deadline: 30 April 2026. Guest editors: Eugen Fischer and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsoc #philpsy
Experimental argument analysis: Interdisciplinary perspectives on verbal reasoning
Calling all researchers in experimental philosophy, cognitive psychology, and experimental linguistics to submit work on verbal reasoning!
think.taylorandfrancis.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Call for papers: Experimental argument analysis: Interdisciplinary perspectives on verbal reasoning. Deadline: 30 April 2026. Guest editors: Eugen Fischer and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsoc #philpsy
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amazing review essay alert! a pleasure to read, to edit, to work with @nathansen.bsky.social ✨
"But what about works that demand more than a 'relaxed distribution of focus,' work that we want to give more of ourselves to?" Nat Hansen (@nathansen.bsky.social) reviews two recent books on art amidst our crisis of attention
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Disordered Attention
Two recent books offer practical recommendations for how we should attend to art amidst the crisis of attention. After Y2K, when the world failed to end, the art historian T.J. Clark spent six mont…
mid-theory.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
amazing review essay alert! a pleasure to read, to edit, to work with @nathansen.bsky.social ✨
I wrote about two recent books that offer advice on how to pay attention to art in the midst of *gestures broadly at everything*
Thanks to the awesome editors at the
@mid-theory.bsky.social
for their interest in this piece, they’re great to work with!
Thanks to the awesome editors at the
@mid-theory.bsky.social
for their interest in this piece, they’re great to work with!
"But what about works that demand more than a 'relaxed distribution of focus,' work that we want to give more of ourselves to?" Nat Hansen (@nathansen.bsky.social) reviews two recent books on art amidst our crisis of attention
mid-theory.com/2025/09/11/d...
mid-theory.com/2025/09/11/d...
Disordered Attention
Two recent books offer practical recommendations for how we should attend to art amidst the crisis of attention. After Y2K, when the world failed to end, the art historian T.J. Clark spent six mont…
mid-theory.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wrote about two recent books that offer advice on how to pay attention to art in the midst of *gestures broadly at everything*
Thanks to the awesome editors at the
@mid-theory.bsky.social
for their interest in this piece, they’re great to work with!
Thanks to the awesome editors at the
@mid-theory.bsky.social
for their interest in this piece, they’re great to work with!
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Yes, I think there have been more and more good subdiscipline open access journals. They are all worth taking seriously!!
A partial list:
liao.shen-yi.org/openaccess/
I've also tried to, individually, submit more to these journals.
A partial list:
liao.shen-yi.org/openaccess/
I've also tried to, individually, submit more to these journals.
Open Access Journals (That I Like)
A partial list of 'platinum' or 'diamond' open access journals in or near philosophy
liao.shen-yi.org
September 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Yes, I think there have been more and more good subdiscipline open access journals. They are all worth taking seriously!!
A partial list:
liao.shen-yi.org/openaccess/
I've also tried to, individually, submit more to these journals.
A partial list:
liao.shen-yi.org/openaccess/
I've also tried to, individually, submit more to these journals.
Really enjoyed this essay J.D.! Goodreads should hire you guys to make data viz for readers—it'd be appealing to have graphs like this on profile pages
![Figure from the paper: Figure 9. Another self-identified eclectic reader, who “love[s] reading just about anything.” The chart represents the
number of books she read in each of 10 time segments (2010-2021), with colors indicating their distribution across
major genres.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m3koguxi4cieuw4w3ezc6fwy/bafkreichq57evv2fzhfk5xnd3a6bsdguemntks7n65u5yoikmpq6nxyvvu@jpeg)
September 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Really enjoyed this essay J.D.! Goodreads should hire you guys to make data viz for readers—it'd be appealing to have graphs like this on profile pages
Kind of what the book I’m working on is about
Can you imagine how powerful J.L. Austin would have been if he had access to an LLM?
August 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Kind of what the book I’m working on is about
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Really excited to see this piece come out! Studying eclectic readers has been a fascinating and extremely rewarding challenge. We wound up operationalizing both genre and eclecticism in ways that (classic DH stuff here) point to the limits of both concepts.
culturalanalytics.org/article/1429...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1429...
The Eclectic Reader | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By James English, J. D. Porter. Using Goodreads data, this study explores the overlooked eclecticism of readers, revealing both patterns of cultural hierarchy and the conceptual limits of eclecticism ...
culturalanalytics.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Really excited to see this piece come out! Studying eclectic readers has been a fascinating and extremely rewarding challenge. We wound up operationalizing both genre and eclecticism in ways that (classic DH stuff here) point to the limits of both concepts.
culturalanalytics.org/article/1429...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1429...
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1/ I'm excited to share our new open‑access paper in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy (with Leda Berio, Benedict Kenyah‑Damptey, Steffen Koch & Alex Wiegmann). Part of an ongoing project in comparative philosophy of race, exploring the peculiar & often fraught dynamics of race talk in Europe.
Folk Concepts of Race, Cross-culturally
The investigation of folk concepts of race has been central to many theoretical and experimental contributions in recent decades; however, most of these contributions have been centred around the N...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
1/ I'm excited to share our new open‑access paper in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy (with Leda Berio, Benedict Kenyah‑Damptey, Steffen Koch & Alex Wiegmann). Part of an ongoing project in comparative philosophy of race, exploring the peculiar & often fraught dynamics of race talk in Europe.
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We're delighted to welcome @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social to the position of Senior Researcher in Moral Psychology and Design Bioethics, at the Uehiro Oxford Institute.
Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka...
#morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome
Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka...
#morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome
July 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We're delighted to welcome @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social to the position of Senior Researcher in Moral Psychology and Design Bioethics, at the Uehiro Oxford Institute.
Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka...
#morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome
Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka...
#morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome